THE owners of an East Yorkshire holiday park have been slapped with an injunction, preventing them from selling any more chalets.
Properties on Lakeminster Park in Woodmansey, near Beverley, are there without planning permission.
More than 100 people living full-time on the site off Hull Road will have to leave after a planning inspector upheld East Riding Council's refusal of permission for the 76 caravans to continue being used as permanent homes.
Currently, the site does not even have planning permission as a holiday park.
East Riding Council applied for the injunction against the owners, William and Pamela Flannigan, at Hull County Court after being made aware Lakeminster Park was still advertising its accommodation as available to buy.
Peter Ashcroft, head of planning and development management at East Riding Council, said: "It has been admitted by the operator that the site has no planning permission, even for holiday use.
"The council would expect, that in due course, landowners would come forward with an application for holiday use on the site, as an asset to tourism in the area.
"In the meantime, we would reiterate our advice to the residents to seek independent legal advice."
Planning inspector John Braithwaite's decision came as a bitter blow to the band of Lakeminster Park residents, who had decided to challenge East Riding Council.
The decision could now see the 130 residents lose their homes within 18 months.
Mr Braithwaite described Lakeminster Park as a housing development in the countryside that conflicts with the development plan.
He said the enforcement action taken by the council had been expedient, proportionate, and in the public interest.
Pensioner Alan Coates, supported by some, but not all, the park residents, said he was now considering whether an appeal to the High Court on the grounds of human rights would be appropriate. The inspector acknowledged residents would feeling anxious, but said 18 months would give them sufficient time to find suitable alternative accommodation.
He said: "For many residents the financial implications of the enforcement notices being upheld will be profound and they will have to rely on the council for alternative residential accommodation."
He said he had seen no evidence that the council would be unable to house people if need be.
Separately to the planning inquiry, Gosschalks Solicitors in Hull is representing about 70 park residents, not including Mr Coates, in connection with claims relating to the sale of their park homes.
A spokesman for Lakeminster Park developer, William Flannigan and his wife Pamela, said they were "seeking advice".
